St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04

before any one comes along willing to share
Mr.. THoMPsoNs ideas of the value of the
paper to the extent of paying that much for
it. hear that, if he could get his price Mr..
| THOMPSON would sell out willingly, and I'M
| derstand he thinks an opportunity will come
during the next campaign for disposing of it
as there are several prominent politicians in
| the state who would like to be able to turn
| the crank of personal organ at will.
But won't they pay dearly for their whistle
| though?
! 1t is not generally known that Mr.. THoMP-
| son, in addition to his distingue air and pol
| ished manner, lays claim to blueness of blood
and patrician origin, which even some of st.
| Paurs Oldest families would have to ac-
| knowledge superior to their own. He traces
his genealOgy in a direct line back to Ed
| WARD THE BLACK PRINCE, and had it not been
for an accident OF fortune the st. Paul de-
scendant of the illustrious ancestor might
even now be sitting upon the English throne.
instead of running an afternoon paper in the
land of liberty. Whether a crown and scepter
would be becoming to Mr. THOMPSON may be
| an open question, but there is no doubt at all
| but that he would have an exceedingly good
| time in the position. 1t does credit to MIR.
| THoMPsoN's good sense that his possession Of
such notable lineage doesn't make him in the
| least naughty in his intercourse with his fell
| low men, Such is his exceeding modesty that
| he treats them as an ordinary citizen would,
and it is only inadvertently one may learn
| that royal blood flows in his veins.
| But in this latter day it is better to be an
American newspaper man than to be king.
| Speaking of genealogies my friend r.
| CLEVELAND BRoPHY, of Hannaford, OAK. in
| forms me that the meager information that
has from time to time been printed regarding
| the ancestry of President CLEVELAND, is far
| from being correct. Being a member of the
family himself and having a taste for bio
| graphical research, the authenticity of the
| sketch he gave me can be relied upon. The
! name is of Saxon origin, and was derived
| from the CLEFs or CLEAvEs, which abound in
| Yorkshire, England, where the first family
| which bore it resided, prior to the Norman
| conquest.
| The name was originally De CLEVELAND.
IHoRkIL DE CLEVELAND was an extensive
land owner in Yorkshire at the time of the
conquest. Following in q direct line of an
| Cestry we have Sir GUY DE CLEVELAND who
was very distinguished in arms in his time
and was knighted at the seige of Bologne in
1349. The de and were first dropped by
JOHN CLEVELAND, of the fifth generation
/ after THoRKIL DE CLEVELAND, who was a
| fourishing citizen of the city of York, in
| 1903. His son, WILLIAM CLEVELAND, was
| sheriff of York in 1856 JOHN CLEVELAND, the
poet, was born in 1913 he was distinguished
as a writer, judge and soldier in the time of
CHARLES of England, and was favorite of
that king, his literary works reached the
twentieth edition. MOSES CLEVELAND, the
ancestor of all of the name, whether spelled
| CLEVELAND or CLEAvELAND, in the northern
part and probably of the whole of the United
States, although there is a question as to
this, the CLEvELANDs of Virginia and the
| Carolinas claiming to the contrary, emigrated
to America from Ipswich, Suffolk county, En-
| gland, and settled in Woburn, Mass. in 1886.
| He followed the calling of a carpenter and
| joiner. The records show that in 1912 the
general court of Boston granted him share
| of the public lands. MOSES CLEVELAND, first
was married in 1913 to ANNE VIM, daughter
of EDWARD VIM, of Woburn, man of good
| reputation, and ancestor of the WINNs of
the United States. That of his son INCREASE
| was the first birth recorded in Woburn.
| Moses and ANNE, his wife, had born at Wo-
! burn nine children, and with this family the
different branches diyerged. The lineage of
! President CLEVELAND is traced to AARON,
second son and third child of the emigrant
| MOSES, and he is of the eighth generation
| succeeding the latter. He was born at Cald-
| WELL n. j., March Is, 1887, but the biogra-
| ply of the president is too we'll known to re-
| quire reciting. Gen. MOSES CLEVELAND
| founder of the city of Cleveland was de-
| scended through JOSIAH, the fifth son and
| eighth child of MOSES, first, whom he sue
| ceeded in the fifth generation. He was born
| at Canterbury, Conn.,. Jan. 20. 1884, and died
at the same place Nov. 16. 1906. He gradu-
| tod 10 I
fession, soldier and patriot of the reyolu-
| tionary war.
| But its the man and not his ancestry, how
ever distinguished, that the American people
take most interest i'll.
| see that the rumor of the return to ST.
| Paul OF W. e. SMITH. late counsellor of the
| Manitoba and formerly assistant secre-
| tary of the United States treasury is
| revived. I understand that it is with
| out substantial foundation. Mr.. SMITH
| is now in Plattsburg, N. Y, picking up
| pretty extensive law practice and regaining
| his hold upon politics in that state. So that
it is very unlikely he will again turn his steps
| westward. In connection with his intimate
relations with New York politics am re-
! minded of something President HILL, of the
| Manitoba, told me regarding SMITHS work
| during the last presidential campaign.
| SMITH was chairman of the New York execu-
| tive committee, but it seems that his influence
| extended beyond the limit of state politics.
| The Democratic campaign work throughout
was sharp and brilliant. Senator GoRMAN,
of Maryland, generally gets credit for having
mapped out the policy which led to success,
and for having superintendent all the details
of its execution. But GoRMAN himself told
| HILL that SMITH was the real general of the
| campaign. That it was through conference
| with and advice from SMITH that the success
full line of action was decided upon, and it
was largely through SMITHS executive ability
| that it was pursued with such excellent re-
! suits. SMITH was the first person with author
| ity to recognize the importance of the
| BURCHARD incident, and within few hours
| after the famous alliterative sentence had
| been uttered it was distributed on handbills,
| by SMITHS direction, all over New York with
| the result that every one knows.
1t was distinct loss to the city when Mr.
SMITH took his departure
Some men will thrive where others will
starye, and out here in the West we have al
most daily instances of that fact. Some time
ago told you of several young men who ex-
hlbited decided pluck in overcoming obsta-
| Giles. Recently another case came to my
N"t'' MtAAoi 10 uhiqo0. n SouuS 1elIoW came
to st. Paul from Virginia determined to make
his way in the West. He had little business
training, and knew no profession. His fam
ilyname is known all over the state, for the
C-s have contributed many prominent
men to Southern political life. Well shortly
after his arrival. he secured position in a
drug store, but, through some disagreement
with the proprietor, soon lost it. His funds
were fast giving out, no work could be
found, and his case was becoming desperate.
One evening he strolled into dime museum.
and, in conversation with one of the at
tacheS discovered that q low cor,cal;a,, ,ros